Arthur Porter (MP)
Arthur Porter (c. 1505 – 31 May 1559) was an English Member of Parliament (MP)[1] and was granted Llanthony Secunda Priory.[2] He was the only surviving son of Roger Porter of Newent and Alvington, Gloucestershire and was educated at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1526 he was appointed escheator of Gloucestershire and the Welsh Marches. He was a J.P. for Gloucestershire from 1537 to 1547 and appointed Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1548. He acted as Receiver for the lands of Llantony Priory (Llantony Secunda) in 1539 and 1542, and in consequence was awarded a grant of the Priory lands in 1540. He acquired Pitchcombe manor near Painswick in 1544.[3] He entered Parliament as knight of the shire for Gloucestershire in November 1554 and afterwards served as MP for the city of Gloucester in 1555 and Aylesbury in 1559. He died in office on 31 May 1559.[3]
He married twice: firstly to Alice Arnold, the daughter of John Arnold of Churcham, Gloucestershire, with whom he had at least 12 children including Sir Thomas; and secondly to Isabel Denys, the daughter of Sir William Denys of Dyrham, Gloucestershire, and widow of Sir John Berkeley (died c. 1548).[3]
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Gloucester: Outlying hamlets - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- 1500s births
- 1559 deaths
- People from Newent
- High Sheriffs of Gloucestershire
- Members of Lincoln's Inn
- Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Gloucester
- English MPs 1554–1555
- English MPs 1555
- English MPs 1559
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